Girls' name · since 1973
Larisha
385 babies named Larisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,833 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 385
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Larisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 385 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larisha has been recorded 385 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2001.
- #13,833 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 385 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Larisha ranks #13,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 385 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,833 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 385
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Larisha's 385 recorded births place it above 80.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Larisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Larisha splits its recorded history at 1987: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Larisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2001
- Peak year (1987)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Larisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (175 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Larisha's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Larisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
175 births
- 1990s
1990s
123 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 175 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Larisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Larisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Larisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.